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announced his arrival in Mexico City on January l4 and the
many parties given in his honor. 11 In March, he returned to
Chiapas with the idea of changing and reforming the Consti­
tution of the state; as the correct usage of language was
one of his special concerns, this rewriting was to be par­
ticularly satisfying to him: "Elogiase mucho la nueva
Constitucion que ha de regir en el Estado por los principios
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moderados y practicos que implanta."
13
In his message to Congress on December 1, 1893,
Rabasa indicated the great progress being made. Peace was
maintained--an essential point. The road connecting the
important cities of Tonala, Tuxtla, Chiapa and San Cristobal
was finished; more roads were to be extended to tie in the
smaller cities with these larger ones, and a main road from
Tuxtla to the neighboring state of Oaxaca was soon to be
started. Telephone lines now connected Tuxtla with Chiapa,
and they were being expanded.
The educational reforms initiated by Rabasa as a
legislator in the 1880s were further encouraged. Where
only eight elementary schools were organized during his
11 E1 Universal (January 27, 1893), 3.
12 "El gobierno de Chiapas cumple sus promesas," El
Universal (November 19» 1893), 3.
13 Emilio Rabasa, Discurso del Licenciado Emilio
Rabasa ante la H. legislatura del mismo, 1 die. 1893
(Tuxtla Gutierrez, 1893) , 1-13•
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